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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 5d

@stockstill.bsky.social read Silvia Park's 'Luminous' and concluded, if there's something ineffable about humanity, we're going to find that out pretty soon.

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 7d

Mason really liked Silvia Park's 'Luminous'...

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 7d

Nathan talks about the effect of Chat GPT on higher education, specifically writing classes.

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 9d

Oh, you say he didn’t do it himself, and maybe it’s not stealing (legal opinions pending)? This may be true, or it may just be a topic we debate on this episode. Plus: We review the novel Luminous, by Silvia Park, a touching story of humans seeking connection in a world where robots walk among us.

Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 9d

We knew Zuck was a fan of the podcast. We didn’t know he would go so far as to dig up our old articles and use them, along with a million other books, to train Meta’s AI...

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 9d

Here's Episode 8, "Meta Stole Our Writing To Feed Its AI". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 12d

There were a lot of highlights in our chat with Erin, but learning about Saddam Hussein's novels was probably our favorite moment.

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 19d

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 19d

Paul is so quotable, we had a hard time narrowing down the highlights of his episodes. Here's one them.

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 19d

Other topics include whether men should read more literature, which we think Yes! They should, and whether men doing so would make the world a better place, which we think is debatable. Also, what to do about books that are capital-I Important but maybe not so great?

Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 19d

Writer Erin Lyndal Martin joins the show to inform us that Saddam Hussein wrote a romance novel, but only after we wondered if Joe Rogan could do it.

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · 19d

Here's Episode 7, "Erin Lyndal Martin". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/eri...

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Pittsburgh Review of Books @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

“The likeability of fictional characters is a well-worn critical trope...a character can be unlikeable while offering profound insights into the human condition.”

Read a review of Ivy Pochoda by @nathanpensky.bsky.social of @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social.

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The Limits of Likeability - Pittsburgh Review of Books

Third Person Limited recently reviewed Ivy Pochoda’s Ecstasy, a novel that I found to represent an interesting test case for the limits of fictional

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

The new Third Person Limited column got a nice mention in this story at WESA, our local NPR affiliate, about the launch of the Pittsburgh Review of Books. www.wesa.fm/arts-culture...

Pittsburgh Review of Books offers a new outlet for comment and criticism

Founding editor Ed Simon discusses the brand-new Pittsburgh Review of Books.

www.wesa.fm

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

We also discuss Tom Comitta’s 'Patchwork', a novella constructed entirely out of snippets of text taken from other, previously published works. One of our hosts was turned off by this experimental approach. Try to guess which one! We think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

(The AI chatbots kept trying to disrupt our Zoom session with Paul, but for now, humans remain dominant.)

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bestselling author and bookstore owner Paul Bradley Carr returns for Part 2 of our conversation about artificial intelligence, the power of narratives, drinking blood, and whether vaping is cool (spoiler: no).

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here's Ep. 6 of Third Person Limited, "Paul Bradley Carr, Part 2". www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/epi...

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

Here's our first column for The Pittsburgh Review of Books, wherein we review Ivy Pochoda's new novel 'Ecstasy' and discuss the limits of fictional "likeability". pghrev.com/the-limits-o...

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Sep 3

We have an exciting announcement! Third Person Limited will be partnering with the newly launched Pittsburgh Review of Books. We will provide a monthly column at PRoB along with our regular interviews, book reviews, and books and culture reporting on the podcast. pghrev.com

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Pittsburgh Review of Books @pghreviewofbooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

An interdisciplinary humanities periodical housed in Carnegie Mellon University’s Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences and published by @cmuenglish.bsky.social, PRoB will feature essays, reviews, interviews, and excerpts engaging with salient and pressing issues. Launching Sept. 3!

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Aug 19

Plus, we review the novel 'BLOB: A Love Story' by Maggie Su, and, in the process, enjoy saying “blob” over and over again. Try it!

Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Aug 19

Author Kyle Winkler joins this episode to talk about horror fiction. What's scarier: 'There's a Wocket in my Pocket' or 'Goodnight Moon'? We also give a close read to Kyle’s novel 'Tone Bone' (spoiler: we like it).

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Third Person Limited @thirdpersonlimited.bsky.social · Aug 19

Here's Ep. 5 of Third Person Limited, 'Kyle winkler pt. 1 and BLOB'. www.thirdpersonlimited.com/episodes/ep-...

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